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LKNUSTON CONCRETE INC. with approximately 500,000cy +/- of material needed over the 48acre area we have at our pit. So, it goes without saying, we have more than enough material to adequately reclaim the site. In some places we are going to have to "fatten" our slopes and or grow space to get rid of the rest. Attached in Exhibit F is the Reclamation Plan Map. We took the liberty of coming up with an idea to use more overburden on the property to get rid of some of it. As you will note, we sketched a"flat" spot at the top of the reclaimed slope. (highlighted in blue on the map) This idea came to us after we calculated all the material quantities in the paragraphs above. The thought derived here was that we could "fatten" these areas as needed to gobble up material to help balance out some of the excess of material we are planning on having left at the end of the life of the mine. We did not calculate the quantities of material we plan on using up in this situation, but rather use it as a solution to disperse excess overburden as needed throughout the remainder of the life of the mine. We feel this idea is a solution to a potential problem. We are of the opinion that we are not changing the reclamation plan by executing this idea. We still plan on backfilling all the necessary places as well as plating the floor for future industrial use. We simply want to have the ability to take privilege out of this idea for the slope areas if we feel it is necessary in the future given we believe we will have excess overburden. To reiterate, we believe we will be looking for places to put overburden and waste materials generated from processing. In addition to this, we also have the material we have already pulled from the pit in "bank." To correlate, the 5-acre parcel on the West side of the property we are asking to annex to the existing permitted area has approximately 250,000cy of material on it as of now. As stated in the mining plan, we are going to add a few concrete structures to the wash plant operation for various reasons to make the operation more successful. There will be a slab for the wash plant to sit on. This slab is 25' x 75' x 12". The control van slab is 18'6" x 38' x 12". And the ramp walls to feed the surge bin are 18'3" x 45'3" x 13' tall. The walls are 3 sided with backfill up the center to create a ramp for access to the surge bin. We intend to keep these structures for post mining land use. We believe we can utilize them for future operations once mining has ceased. The ramp will be useful for loading out trucks and the concrete pads can double for material storage and/or for structures to sit on. The water feed for the wash plant will come in from the North-East corner of the property. We intend on running a water line underground from the property corner to the wash plant. This line will be either a 6" or an 8" line. We are still working on figuring out the details in a pump size and demand on the plant for the amount of water we are going to need. It will be skid mounted and will be a one-unit all-inclusive kind of set up. Meaning that the entire thing can be picked up as one. Regardless of the size, we believe the best solution for the reclamation of the line is to abandon it in place once washing activities have subsided. In the field of utility work, our organization is familiar with abandoning City water main lines in place. A common practice is to drain the lines, dig the ends up, terminate the pipe, and cap the ends with concrete. In order to do this, an excavator and some concrete will be needed. We believe it should take an excavator approximately one hour to dig up one end. And about a half an hour to backfill it. For a total of 902 South Union Street Florence, Co. 81226 (719) 784-3878 Office (719) 784-1158 Fax